W. C. FIELDS - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 10/11/1928 - HFSID 285843
Price: $3,250.00
W. C. FIELDS
11x14 sepia photo of Fields in the stage version of his skit, "The Caledonian
Express," signed and inscribed to author and publisher Arthur Samuels. Field's
inscription includes one of his famous lines from the stage and screen skit:
"You'll ha to git oot/o' the compartment."
Oversized Photograph inscribed and signed: "To My friend/Arthur -you'll
ha to git oot/o' the compartment,/from his friend/Bill Fields/Oct 11 -
1928." Sepia, 11x14. Remarkable studio portrait inscribed to Arthur
Samuels, who was involved with the publishing of "Ladies Home Journal" and
authored Poppy. Half-view left profile by Hal Phype. Fields has
quoted one of his lines from the Earl Carroll's Vanities sketch "The
Caledonian Express" (1928), in which the legendary comedian played four
Scottish characters trying to remove an uninvited guest from a train
compartment.Fields repeated the skit in the film Follow the Boys
(1945), but that time played the intruder. Samuels' Poppy made Fields a
Broadway star in 1923, and he reprised the role in two film versions. Surface
creases at upper right corner with fraying at that corner, else fine, handsome
and rare.
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